A new message, "Reilly, James," was posted by Lana Henley on Mon, 11 Oct 1999, in the Galveston County Genealogy web page queries section: Surname: Reilly Submitted by: Lana Henley EMAIL: genediggin@aol.com DATE: Oct 11 1999 Looking for James Reilly of Galveston County, Texas. He married Elvira Barrow on February 8, 1879 and appeared on the Galveston County census with her in 1880 in Bolivar Pointe (his age 26). Family stories said he was killed in a train wreck between 1880 and 1884 - he possibly worked on the railroad. Elvira remarried in 1884. Would like to obtain info and proof of his death..

The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 1999 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. - "War Of The Rebellion" is now Online History buffs and genealogists alike are familiar with the "War Of The Rebellion Journal." This is a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies published in 1880 through 1901 under the direction of the Secretary of War. The entire publication was published as a set of 71 volumes containing tens of thousands of pages of information. This is probably the most detailed information about the American Civil War ever published. Now the entire series is available online. The Cornell University Library Making of America (MOA) Collection is a digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction. The online collection is extensive and one of the latest additions is the "War Of The Rebellion". I spent some time looking at this online collection. Each page has been scanned as a graphic image. You can read the pages online or print them on your own printer. The pages that I printed on an ancient LaserJet printer looked much clearer than the typical photocopies made at a library. The Web site contains only graphic images. The books have not been converted to text. The only index available is the original index published with the collection in 1901. This index is available online, but it, too, is available as a collection of graphic images. The "War Of The Rebellion" is the major reference for the most troubled time in American history. The online version will be a major resource for historians and genealogists alike. You can view the online version of the "War Of The Rebellion" at: http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/MOA-JOURNALS2/WARO.html "The Official Records of the Unites States and Confederate Navies" is another great resource. This 30-volume reference is available at: http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/MOA/MOA-JOURNALS2/OFRE.html

A new message, "Great Grandfather," was posted by Kay West on Sat, 09 Oct 1999, on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy web page Queries section: --- Submitted by: Kay West EMAIL: teematt@webtv.net DATE: Oct 09 1999 Searching for family of John Thomas St.Clair who was born around 1851, and left home at the age of 13 or 14. Had several wives & children before marrying my Greatgrandmother. Eventually moved to Oklahoma around the Tishomingo area. Any info appreciated. Thank you!.

Jim, thanks for the Indianola Website and all the other great info you and the others have provided in the past. My grandparents landed there in the 1980s, and I always wondered why there and not Galveston. Happy Autumn from a misplaced Texan! At 06:55 PM 10/3/99 -0500, you wrote: >Hi all, >There's a new website that may be of interest to those of you who are >researching the area around Indianola, Texas: > > http://www.indianolabulletin.com/ > >Jim Turner > Judith M. Slate Co-ordinating Secretary Department of Geography Michigan State University 315 Natural Science East Lansing MI 48824-1115 517 355-4649 x 102

A new message, "Looking for information on families," was posted by Meredith Tinney on Sun, 03 Oct 1999, on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy Web Page Queries section: Surname: Schuld, wolf --- Submitted by: Meredith Tinney EMAIL: JRTMST@aol.com DATE: Oct 03 1999 QRYTEXT: My great grand father, Charles Frank Schuld, married Charlotte Wolf, my great grandmother.I am looking for any information on gg grandparents..

In a message dated 10/4/99 11:34:58 AM Central Daylight Time, jnturner@gte.net writes: << Submitted by: Meredith Tinney EMAIL: JRTMST@aol.com DATE: Oct 03 1999 QRYTEXT: My great grand father, Charles Frank Schuld, married Charlotte Wolf, my great grandmother.I am looking for any information on gg grandparents.. >> Hello Meredith, Where were your gg grandparents living when they married? I did look in a couple of books that I have here & didn't find any listing for either one. If you can tell if they were in Galveston/ You can go to the court house & look at the indexs of the marriages & probably be able to get the certificate as well. Hope that you have some good luck. Bertha Ellen Wilderman Beall

Hi all, There's a new website that may be of interest to those of you who are researching the area around Indianola, Texas: http://www.indianolabulletin.com/ Jim Turner

Bill, you are welcome to include my web site at http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Flats/6048 It is not specific to Texas, but does include material about Texans and links to the indices of books dealing with Galveston, Texas. I am still developing the site and hope to have more about my Texas family. Adrian Sinclair Balch 10/02/1999 EDT, you wrote: > >Hi > >My name is Bill Hocutt, I am a Genealogy Host on AOL for the Alabama Chat >room and I have built a TexasSites Web Page. My Page contains links to >Genealogy pages that are Texas Specific in most cases. If you have a home >page for Texas Research or you know of a good Texas Page please send me a >link so I can add it to the page. My only interest is in helping other Texas >Researchers. The site is still in the Formation stage so any links Yall could >contribute would be greatly appreciated. The Link for the Page is<A >HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/texassites.html"> >TexasSites</A> The URL is >http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/texassites.html > > >The surnames I am researching are HOCUTT, HOWCOTT, TRAYWICK, LUNSFORD, MOORE >and DODSON. > >I would also like to invite Yall to visit my other sites > >1) <A >HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/UncleHiram.html">Adventures in >Genealogy</A> a weekly column about Genealogy with a Humorous outlook. This >site has one a few awards and the column has appeared in the Dallas >Genealogical Society newsletter and is a regular on the Golden Gates >Genealogical Newsletter. If you decide to try this page, just click on the >title of an article and it will come up. > >2) <A >HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/NOMOCO1.html">Nomocotton</A> a >page with my original fiction on it about a small town in East Texas. > >3) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/AlabamaSites.html"> >AlbamaSites</A> a page of Alabama Genealogical sites > >4) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/index.html">Bio</A> my >Personal Bio page including a photo of my family > > >If I could have one more moment of your time I would like to call your >attention to an article I wrote on the subject of Mail List Manners. The url >for the article is http//www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/manners3.html > >I am also enclosing a link to the article. <A >HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/manners3.html">Mail List >Manners</A> > >Again, thank you for your time and thank you for indulging me. > > >Bill Hocutt > > >

Hi My name is Bill Hocutt, I am a Genealogy Host on AOL for the Alabama Chat room and I have built a TexasSites Web Page. My Page contains links to Genealogy pages that are Texas Specific in most cases. If you have a home page for Texas Research or you know of a good Texas Page please send me a link so I can add it to the page. My only interest is in helping other Texas Researchers. The site is still in the Formation stage so any links Yall could contribute would be greatly appreciated. The Link for the Page is<A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/texassites.html"> TexasSites</A> The URL is http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/texassites.html The surnames I am researching are HOCUTT, HOWCOTT, TRAYWICK, LUNSFORD, MOORE and DODSON. I would also like to invite Yall to visit my other sites 1) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/UncleHiram.html">Adventures in Genealogy</A> a weekly column about Genealogy with a Humorous outlook. This site has one a few awards and the column has appeared in the Dallas Genealogical Society newsletter and is a regular on the Golden Gates Genealogical Newsletter. If you decide to try this page, just click on the title of an article and it will come up. 2) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/NOMOCO1.html">Nomocotton</A> a page with my original fiction on it about a small town in East Texas. 3) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/AlabamaSites.html"> AlbamaSites</A> a page of Alabama Genealogical sites 4) <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/index.html">Bio</A> my Personal Bio page including a photo of my family If I could have one more moment of your time I would like to call your attention to an article I wrote on the subject of Mail List Manners. The url for the article is http//www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/manners3.html I am also enclosing a link to the article. <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/UncleHiram/manners3.html">Mail List Manners</A> Again, thank you for your time and thank you for indulging me. Bill Hocutt

Hi Jean, I have seen some things written about T. M. BAGBY who I believe was a businessman in Houston in the 1800s. Looking in my Houston books, the only thing I can find right now is a sentence in the book "Ray Miller's Houston": >>>B.A. Shepherd and T.M. Bagby organized the first National Bank in 1866.<<< If you can get to Clayton Library in Houston, I'm sure you would find some items about him there. I don't know if he is any relation to your William L. Bagby, but I just thought I'd mention this in case it would help. Good luck, Marianne Gilbert Phoenix, AZ >A new message, "William L. Bagby family," was posted by Jean Crossler on >Wed, 29 Sep 1999, on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy Web Page >Queries section: >--- >NAME: Jean Crossler >EMAIL: tler-char@primary.net >DATE: Sep 29 1999 >QRYTEXT: I am looking for the William Lewis Bagby family. His son Claude >L. Bagby was born in Galveston, Tex. in 1884..

About three weeks ago I sent an email to this mail list telling the story of my great aunt May Dennis Sutherland. Her husband George Sutherland was the owner of a tavern and May ran the brothel there in Galveston, so the family story went. At some time they apparently divorced and May married a Dr. Charles Irving in 1904. Then the story goes that George murdered May for taking more then her share of the proceeds from the business. I was looking for any information and gave May's death date as January 9, 1906. I also wrote a letter to the Rosenberg Library in Galveston, Texas giving them all the information I had on May Dennis Sutherland and included a photo of her. On September 27th I received a envelope back from the Rosenberg Library, it was heavy so I knew there was some information in there, at least more then a "sorry we couldn't find anything". After looking for May for the last year it is no wonder I could not locate any information on her. In the 1903 Galveston city directory they had her last name as May Suderman, white. In the 1904 she was listed as Mary Irving, black. The library also included her death certificate, the name on the certificate is Mary Irwin and she died January 9, 1905, not 1906. I give a lot of praise to the Rosenberg Library, Anna Peebler and her volunteer, without their help I would never have found May. Below is the newspaper write up they sent me telling the story of what happen to May Dennis. January 10, 1905 A WOMAN SUICIDES, --------------------- Mrs. M. Irwin Died Yesterday Afternoon From a Mixture of Carbolic Acid and Beer. ------------------------------- Mrs. M. Irwin, a white woman 35 years of age, residing on Thirtieth street near the intersection of Avenue I, was found dead on the bed in her room yesterday afternoon about 1:30 o'clock. According to the verdict of Coroner R. H. Barry, who held the inquest, the woman died from the effects of carbolic acid poisoning, self-administered. The following testimony was taken by Coroner Barry: "This morning about 9 o'clock, ________ telephoned to my store and asked me to call the deceased, who lived next door on Thirtieth street, saying he wanted to talk to her and would hold the phone. I told him she was not at home; had gone down town. About five minutes later she came by my store on her way back from town. I told her that ____ had called her by phone. She said she didn't care for the ______; that he had her diamond ring worth $80 which he refused to return to her; that he would not pay the rent, and that she had pawned her ring to pay the rent. She said that ______ was going to be married this morning at 10 o'clock. She left the store and about 11 o'clock she returned. She bought a nickel's worth of beer, and told me that _____ had got married at 10 o'clock to some other woman. About 1:30 this afternoon some one called for her again over the telephone, and I threw some shells at her house--a way I had of calling her when some one wanted her at the phone. I got no answer and went over to the house and found her lying on the bed in the front room. She looked like she was dead, and I came out and called some women and telephoned to the police station for the ambulance. (signed) ANTONIO LANDANO, Following is the statement of Coroner Barry: "About 1:45 o'clock I received a telephone message from a grocery store to come to Avenue I and Thirtieth street, that a woman had died in a room alone. I went to the place indicated, a raised cottage on the east side of Thirtieth street, the second house from Avenue I. I went in and found the dead body of a woman lying across the bed. I summoned Dr. Cox by telephone and he responded. Officer E. M. Johnson also came. We found on the dresser a small tin pail half full of beer, an empty ounce phial labeled "carbolic acid" and a glass half full of a mixture of beer and carbolic acid. She had on her street dress, but her waist was unbuttoned. She had on her glasses. We found a pawnbroker's receipt for a diamond ring, the receipt being dated Jan. 9; also a receipt for house rent dated Jan. 9. We notified the Levy undertaking establishment and had her remains removed there." Coroner Barry gave it as his verdict that the deceased, Mrs. M. Irwin, came to her death from carbolic acid poisoning, self administered. I am now looking for the following information. 1. Divorce record of George & May Sutherland 2. Marriage license of May Sutherland & Charles Irving. 3. May Irwin's obituary from the Galveston paper. 4. Who was the man who married the other woman on January 9, 1905 5. The library could not find record of a Charles Irving, what happen to him? I apologize for the long email. Regards, Carolyn Dennis Kress

Your very welcome Gale hope that you have lots of luck Bertha Ellen

In a message dated 9/29/99 8:41:19 PM Central Daylight Time, MikhailSal@aol.com writes: << Houston-Galveston Diocese in Houston. >> The address for the Diocese of Galveston-Houston 1700 San Jacinto P.O. Box 907 Houston, TX 77001 <713>659-5461 Fax <713>759-9151 or LMay@diocese-gal-hou.org Good luck Bertha Ellen

Gale, St Marys Church was also up and running during the 1900 storm. There records are with the Houston-Galveston Diocese in Houston. I contacted them and found records for three of my ancestors who lived in Galveston about 1893..prior to the storm. Michael

In a message dated 9/29/99 3:52:58 PM Central Daylight Time, jnturner@gte.net writes: << Bagby >> The only BAGBY that I found was Cecile King Bagby on pg 91 of the "St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Galveston, Tx Baptismal, Confirmation,Marriage & Death Records" 1860-1952 279 Bagby Cecile King 23 Aug 1932;age 56 S. Heart Edinburg, TX. Died of heart ailmen;Buried 25 Aug from local depot, Calvary Cemetery; Rev. A.M. Maechler Minister. Sincerely, Bertha Ellen

A new message, "William L. Bagby family," was posted by Jean Crossler on Wed, 29 Sep 1999, on the Galveston County, Texas, Genealogy Web Page Queries section: --- NAME: Jean Crossler EMAIL: tler-char@primary.net DATE: Sep 29 1999 QRYTEXT: I am looking for the William Lewis Bagby family. His son Claude L. Bagby was born in Galveston, Tex. in 1884..

Thank you for the information. Gale From: BerthaElen@aol.com Reply-To: TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com To: TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] Catholic churches in Galveston Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 22:07:00 EDT In a message dated 9/29/99 8:41:19 PM Central Daylight Time, MikhailSal@aol.com writes: << Houston-Galveston Diocese in Houston. >> The address for the Diocese of Galveston-Houston 1700 San Jacinto P.O. Box 907 Houston, TX 77001 <713>659-5461 Fax <713>759-9151 or LMay@diocese-gal-hou.org Good luck Bertha Ellen ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

How would I go about getting a list of Catholic CHurches in Galveston during the Great Hurricane of 1900. My Rankin family left their home and business to take refuge in a Catholic church and all survived. I would like to try to track down which one it was. And then which ones were on higher ground etc. Thanks Gale From: BerthaElen@aol.com Reply-To: TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com To: TXGALVES-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [TXGALVES] Surname: Bagby Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 21:13:43 EDT In a message dated 9/29/99 3:52:58 PM Central Daylight Time, jnturner@gte.net writes: << Bagby >> The only BAGBY that I found was Cecile King Bagby on pg 91 of the "St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Galveston, Tx Baptismal, Confirmation,Marriage & Death Records" 1860-1952 279 Bagby Cecile King 23 Aug 1932;age 56 S. Heart Edinburg, TX. Died of heart ailmen;Buried 25 Aug from local depot, Calvary Cemetery; Rev. A.M. Maechler Minister. Sincerely, Bertha Ellen ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

The following article is from Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter and is copyright 1999 by Richard W. Eastman. It is re-published here with the permission of the author. - How to Find More Ancestors Through Online Networking "How to Find More Ancestors Through Online Networking" is the name of a new book written by Nancy Hendrickson. The thing that caught my eye is the distribution mechanism: the book is only available in electronic format. You can purchase the book directly from the author. Once payment is received, the book arrives on your computer in the form of an attachment to an e-mail message. The book is in Adobe's .PDF format and can be read with Adobe Acrobat Reader. You probably have this software already installed on your PC or Macintosh. If not, you can obtain Adobe Acrobat Reader at no charge from Adobe's Website. I had a chance to read "How to Find More Ancestors Through Online Networking" this week. The book gives a quick view of many topics; it generally does not go into deep, detailed descriptions. It does, however, cover most every topic I can think of that deals with online genealogy research. The chapters include: Networking, the Best of the Internet * Why networking is the quickest way to obtain family records. * How you can find valuable data by networking. * Success stories of other Internet genealogists who network using the strategies in this book * Where the top sites for networkers are located. Becoming an Internet Genealogist * Don't be left out in the cold! * Quick tips on getting off on the right foot as an Internet genealogist. * Don't waste precious online time. * Learn the shortcuts to successful research. The Power of the Query * Why queries can bring explosive search results. * How to write the best queries on the Internet. * Why you should post queries at every possible chance. * Where to post queries that are guaranteed to be read. Surname Researchers * Where the real genealogical treasures of the Internet can be found. * Step-by-step guidance on finding distant cousins. * Pool your family research with other searchers. * Where to find other online genealogists who are researching your family tree and how this benefits you. It's in the Mail (mailing lists) * Why mailing lists are critical in your research. * How to find other family researchers through mailing list. * Where to find the best lists for your own research. * The mailing lists that will bring you quick success. Using Commercial Sites * The two best commercial sites for networkers. * Where to find the free goodies at these sites. * How to find and download Gedcoms Keeping Electronic Logs * Electronic logs will speed up your research, help you keep track of online contacts and data. * Discover how to keep the three most important electronic logs. * Download the best free software program for keeping yours logs. Free E-Mail * No matter what Internet Service Provider (ISP) you use, you'll never miss replies to your queries again. * Why free e-mail and Web-based e-mail addresses will keep responses to your queries rolling in. "How to Find More Ancestors Through Online Networking" sells for $8.95. And, of course, there are no shipping charges. For more information, look at: http://www.ancestornews.com/guide.htm

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------FE96E2F1B88286DDCE1E1497 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------FE96E2F1B88286DDCE1E1497 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <TX-ROOTERS-owner@mail.genexchange.com> Received: from mail.genexchange.com ([206.246.225.194]) by mtapop1.gte.net (InterMail v4.01.01.00 201-229-111) with ESMTP id <19990919203631.BIBM176420.mtapop1@mail.genexchange.com> for <jnturner@gte.net>; Sun, 19 Sep 1999 15:36:31 -0500 Received: from web105.yahoomail.com [205.180.60.71] by mail.aplusdata.com (SMTPD32-5.00) id ABCCE7C400BC; Sun, 19 Sep 1999 16:47:08 EST Message-ID: <19990919203858.3197.rocketmail@web105.yahoomail.com> Received: from [205.219.3.54] by web105.yahoomail.com; Sun, 19 Sep 1999 13:38:58 PDT Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 13:38:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Donna in Texas <thegypsies@yahoo.com> To: TX-Rooters@genexchange.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [TX-Rooters] Precedence: bulk Sender: TX-ROOTERS-owner@mail.genexchange.com Reply-To: TX-ROOTERS@mail.genexchange.com X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Seeking descendants of Franz Seidel (born May 30, 1855 in Grottlau [Prussia or Poland?], died Oct. 11, 19?? in or near Moulton, TX). Franz, his parents and at least one brother, Paul age 3, landed in Galveston, TX on October 15, 1867 when Franz was 12. He had 4 sisters and 3 brothers. Anna (or Annie) and Elizabeth probably never married and at least one may have been a Catholic nun in San Antonio, TX. One other sister's married name may have been Bosch and the other's may have been Dearski. The brothers were Joe, August and Paul. Paul was not considered a member of the family after he married Meta Geradine Bargmann, a Lutheran, on October 25, 1887. He moved to Westhoff, TX and lived there for the rest of his life. Paul had 9 children, Paul, Jr., Norman, Edmund, Willie (Wm.), Otto, Elizabeth (Lizzie), Ida, Isabel and Emma (died at age 15). This rift in the family lasted many decades. I'm interested in finding out if any genealogical research has been done by any descendants who may have had access to family documents. Franz married Theresia Richter on Jan. 5, 1886. When he died, Franz was survived by 4 daughters and 2 sons. They were John Seidel, Franz Seidel, Mrs. August Czichos, Mrs. Mugrauer, Mrs. Frank Markp, and Mrs. August Eilert. They all lived near Moulton at that time. Another son had died at age 5. His brother Joe had at least one daugher whose married name was probably Pohler. His brother August probably married Yohanna (Johanna?) Bargmann. August died only a few days after his youngest daughter was born. I'm especially interested in the origin of the family in Europe. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ------------------ How To Unsubscribe: http://www.genexchange.com/faq.cfm Visit the TXGenExchange at http://www.genexchange.com/tx/ Do NOT send HELP Requests to the list! For Help or problems, please write to: Joanne@GenExchange.com --------------FE96E2F1B88286DDCE1E1497--